Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-01-22

ley, in 1856, to its present quarters.
The rent paid for the part occupied as
a printing Office, would have long since
bought the whole concern.
GAINESVILLE, and Clarksville Meth
odism should always revere the mem
DRY OF Rev. H. f. Beaumont. "He
was the first man who was engaged in
the business OF handling tobacco here,
and to say this is to say that he founded
here that department of business upon
which the existence of GAINESVILLE as y
commercial city depends. In this bu.
siness he was engaged for over thirty
years, and the integrity and success
with which he pursued it was such tina,
he enjoyed the confidence OF those with
whom he did business in a degree
which would be incredible in the pres.
ent day, many men sending him in
their tobacco and pork unpacked, I'M
weighed, unpriced, and receiving mis-
statements for the balance due them
when they came to town, without fur
Their question and with perfect satisiac-
ton. lie was also we'll known as a
Jealous supporter of the Methodist
church, and local preacher always
ready to plead the cause OF that religion
which he believed with faith so earn
est and devoted"
His house was the preachers home,
and his purse was open to any calls
made by his church. The Sunday
school, the pulpit, the sick-room, were
the scenes OF his most energetic and un-
selfish labors.
Two sons and a daughter-honored
members OF sosiety-are all that is left
OF his once large family. Three sons
fill PATRIOTS graves, having given their
lives IN defense of the South in the late
civil war.
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Sleep, martyrs of fallen cause;
Though yet no marble column Graves
The pilgrim here to pause,
In seeds OF laurel In the earth
The garlands of your fame are sown,
And somewhere, waiting for its birth,
The shaft is In the stone"
OF the two living sons-one is prom
inent physician, the other, the same as
was his father, "A leading tobacconist and
one of the most staunch supporters Of
the Methodist church. Mr.. Beaumont
died just about the close OF the war.
Out of the one hundred and twenty.
five pupils who attended the old Acadr
my, in 1912, we can only recall fon
besides the writer, viz: DR.. Beaumont
DR.. Bailey, Walter Drane and S. F
Beaumont, who are now living in thil
city. What great changes have taker
tplace since our boyhood days. Many o
our schoolmates have died at home sur
rounded by loved ones, many other
gave up their lives in defense of caus
they believed to be just, and the glo
rious old South for which they "blet
and died" now stands redeemed and OF
the march to its ultimate future great
ness. We who are now actors upo,
the stage OF life must ere long meet tn
last great change, and let us hope al
win be rightly prepared for it, for wit
us, as with all mankind,
"The shores OF life are shifting,
Every year.
And we are seward drifting,
Every year.
Old places changing fret us,
The living more forget ms,
There are fewer to regret us.
Every year.
Bot the truer light draws higher,
Every year.
J, And its morning star climbs higher,
4 Every year.
Earth's hold on us grows slighter,
And the heavy burden lighter,
And the dawn Immortal brighter,
Every year"
ell ]. A. GRANT.
! Clarksville, Jan. Is, 1887.